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Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website that lets creative people of all disciplines pitch their ideas directly to consumers in order to help them raise money to make projects a reality, has finally opened its doors in the UK.

Now accepting funding in Great British Pounds rather than US dollars, anyone over the age of 18 with a registered Companies House number, UK address, bank account and ID can post proposals to the site.

Here, Tech Digest pick five of the most deserving UK-based pitches to have landed so far. Scroll down to check them out!

By Gerald Lynch | October 31st, 2012

Good and Proper Tea Project

What’s a more fitting way to kick off the UK arm of Kickstarter than
by highlighting a pitch looking for funding to make the perfect cup of tea? That’s the
aim of London-based Good and Proper Tea project. Looking to do for tea what
the current boom in coffee culture is experiencing in the Capital, the Good and
Proper Tea project aims to convert a 1974 Citroen H van into an all-singing, all
dancing mobile brew making machine, offering top-notch teas from around the
world, brewed to perfection.
So far, 84 backers have pledged £2,657 of a £10,000 goal.
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